Senior Software Engineer (Big Data)

BitSight Technologies; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid parental leave

Flexible time off

401(k) with employer contribution

Life and disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Bitsight is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Big Data) for a hybrid role in Boston or Raleigh. You will design and operate large-scale data pipelines, ingest security intelligence, and help evolve our data warehouse and rating engine.

You’ll work with data science and research teams to surface actionable insights for customers, implement scalable solutions in AWS, Spark, and Hadoop, and push quality through CI/CD and modern tooling. English communication is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience building and operating large-scale data pipelines.
• Strong proficiency in modern Java language programming.
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate large-scale data pipelines.
• Ingest security intelligence and feed the data warehouse/rating engine.
• Collaborate with data science and research teams to surface insights for customers.

Skills

Large-scale data pipelines

Java programming

Computer science fundamentals

Team collaboration

English communication

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

Data Lakehouse (Iceberg)

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Job description

Bitsight is a cyber risk management leader transforming how companies manage exposure, performance, and risk for themselves and their third parties. Companies rely on Bitsight to prioritize their cybersecurity investments, build greater trust within their ecosystem, and reduce their chances of financial loss. Built on over a decade of technological innovation, its integrated solutions deliver value across enterprise security performance, digital supply chains, cyber insurance, and data analysis. We invented the cyber ratings industry in 2011 Over 3500 customers trust Bitsight Over 600 teammates are dispersed throughout Boston, Raleigh, New York, Lisbon, Singapore, and remote.

Position: Senior Software Engineer (Big Data) Location: Hybrid (Boston or Raleigh)

About the role: Bitsight is looking for an experienced Big Data Engineer to join our engineering team. We pride ourselves in building exceptional career opportunities and offering outstanding benefits to our team. We have the enthusiasm of a start-up but the structure and solidity of a mature industry leader. Bitsight’s mission is to make the online world a safer place by helping governments, companies and NGOs understand and mitigate their cybersecurity risks. Ours is an internet-scale challenge - we track every IP address, every piece of malware, and a good portion of the world’s internet traffic. Bitsight’s data pipeline is the core of our Security Ratings product. We ingest security-related intelligence data from many sources, feed terabytes of data into a proprietary rating algorithm, and deliver ratings for over 1,000,000 organizations on a daily basis. Built on the highly scalable AWS ecosystem, our pipeline code base meets the highest standards of reliability and scalability to deliver consistent, actionable, intuitive, and responsive ratings to the customer. We are looking for developers with a passion for building software to collect, aggregate, and analyze data at scale using continuous, incremental development methodologies. Working with a close-knit team across multiple locations, you will help us architect and evolve the pipeline to support even larger volumes via cloud data warehouses. You will bring actionable security insights to the customer through integrating new data sources, surfacing new features from existing data, and refining the rating algorithm. Collaborating with data science and research teams, you will build trust with Bitsight customers in the quality and integrity of our data. Apart from domain skills, what we truly value are strong generalists: those with the critical thinking skills to use a variety of technologies and languages and pick up new concepts when needed. Strong collaboration skills are a must. We offer an opportunity to make a unique impact, not just as an individual but on the entire engineering team.

What We're Looking For:

• Prior experience building and operating large-scale data pipelines
• Strong proficiency in modern Java language programming
• Strong computer science fundamentals in design, data structures, and algorithms
• Experience working with a team of engineers, designers, and product owners in delivering a product to end-users
• Excellent (English) written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Python
• Experience with Hadoop, Spark ecosystems
• Experience with Data Lakehouse tech stack (e.g., Apache Iceberg)
• Experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch
• Experience with CI/CD and Kubernetes
• Experience with modern AI development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or LLMs)
• Experience working in the IT security domain

The anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is 119,000.00 - 150,000.00 USD Annual for US-based employees. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations, is based on a full-time work schedule, and is Bitsight’s good faith estimate as of the date of this posting. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for participation in a bonus or commission plan and an equity grant.

Bitsight also offers a competitive benefits package, including but not but limited to medical, dental, and vision insurance; paid parental leave; flexible time off; a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities; life and disability insurance; and tuition reimbursement.

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• paid parental leave
• flexible time off
• a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities
• life and disability insurance
• and tuition reimbursement

Belonging & Inclusion. Bitsight is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, or status as an individual with a disability.

Culture. We put our people first. Bitsight offers best in class benefits. We devote the same energy to nurturing our company's inclusive culture as we apply to serving our customers’ needs. Working at Bitsight will give you the opportunity to fulfill your professional goals and expand your skills.

Open-minded.

Bitsight also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws.

Bitsight is a cyber risk management leader transforming how companies manage exposure, performance, and risk for themselves and their third parties. Global enterprises, governments, and organizations rely on Bitsight to prioritize their cybersecurity investments, build greater trust within their ecosystem, and reduce their chances of financial loss. When unrelenting market pressure pushes organizations to uncertainty and caution, they turn to Bitsight to confidently navigate cyber risk and grow with confidence. Bitsight’s universally recognized risk standard and market-leading data provides actionable insights into how companies set and manage to standards and report results to internal and external stakeholders. Built on over a decade of technological innovation, Bitsight’s integrated solutions deliver value across enterprise security performance, digital supply chains, cyber insurance, and data analysis. Bitsight is on a mission to free the global economy from the material impact of cyber incidents.